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Irreducible Complexity

The Designed Body, Continued: Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails

Suppose I want to build a car that’s capable of getting me from point A to point B. It minimally takes several dozen parts. Read More ›
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Professional man swimmer inside swimming pool. Underwater panoramic image.

The Designed Body: Irreducible Complexity on Steroids = Exquisite Engineering

Perhaps because life is so common, it’s easy to lose sight of how tenuous it is. Life depends on a delicate balance of forces. Read More ›
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Philosophical Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Critics

Some reviewers of Darwin's Black Box raised philosophical objections. I will discuss several of these. Read More ›
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Darwin Under the Microscope

The following was published in the New York Times on October 29, 1996. Read More ›
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Beautiful ballerina dancing in the body color ballet leotard with body color cloth. She danced on ballet pointe shoes.
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Central Command: The Brain’s Role in Maintaining Balance

Using our brain to try to figure out how our brain works is a mystery. Read More ›

Carnivorous Plants, and Why 0 Really Is Not Equal to 1

There is a little mathematics game that people sometimes play. You start with x=0, do some long, complicated algebraic manipulations, and end up with x=1. Read More ›
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Bladderwort underwater with soft sunlight illuminating delicate leaves
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Peer-Reviewed Article on Transposable Elements Cites “Irreducible Complexity” and Other “Teleologic” Factors

Plant geneticist Wolf-Ekkehard L�nnig argues that irreducibly complex structures may defy explanation by TEs or other Darwinian factors. Read More ›

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